Parts:
Head-Pursuit of Cobra Zartan alternate head
Torso,Arms-Pursuit or Rise of Cobra Ninja figure don't remember which one
Upper Legs-Retaliation Duke
Lower Legs-25th Artic Snake Eyes
Helmet-Star Wars X-Wing Pilot


BattleForce 2000. I feel like you either fall into the camp of "loved it" or "hated it". I rarely here fans say "it was alright". I fell into the camp of "loved it" thought it was a great concept but not executed all that well. As a kid I picked and chose the vehicles as some of them were truly cheap, poorly planned, and horrible looking. I did like what Hama did with them in one of my favorite comics (issue their introduction). From what I remember they were a bunch of expert technicians and soldiers field-testing the weapons of the future...that's pretty damn cool. You could see these guys being the only Joes to have access to Area 51 and Black Book projects. That is what I went for when I started thinking about redesigning these back in 2011. The personal challenge of updating the team also included doing it with parts I had readily available and would include very minor sculpting (if any). I wanted to make a series of figures that any customizer could make if they simply had the parts handy. I had hoped that Hasbro or the Collector's Club would take note at how easy these characters could be made with a little effort. I had continued to tweak them all the way up until Jeffrey "Icecreamman" Valeriano asked me to join the All Star Event. This gave me the final push to finish them up. I wanted to go with the idea that they were that Special Ops type team as opposed to "Future Force".

Avalanche really surprised me. I've always liked Artic figures but Avalanche was always on the bottom of my list. I felt his fin on his helmet was too big and the design just looked clunky to me. I wanted to just "smooth" it all out and then add in what I felt would be a cool camo pattern on the figure. I wanted something that would set him apart from the other artic troopers but also enough that would also have him not look like an Eco Warrior if he was posed with them. His white was always a contrast to his BattleForce teammates so I didn't worry about it too much there. In the end I was VERY surprised with how the parts came together and this custom continues to be one of my favorites amongst the bunch.

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